#SpicerSpinsMoviePlots

#SpicerSpinsMoviePlots

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Updated Apr 10, 2017 at 02:29PM EDT by Adam.

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#SpicerSpinsMoviePlots is a Twitter hashtag used to mock the way White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer offers a positive viewpoint on bad news surrounding the administration of President Donald Trump during his press conferences by offering positive viewpoints on famous characters and scenes from popular films.

Origin

On April 5th, 2017, @2GirlsAndATag[1] tweeted "Sean can spin any Press Briefing to the GOP's favor. How about movies? Let's play… #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots via @HashtagRoundup." The tweet gained modest spread, but the hashtag quickly began to trend on Twitter.


2GirlsAndATag @2GirlsAndATag + Follow ï¹€ Sean can spin any Press Briefing to the GOP's favor. How about movies? Let's play... #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots via @HashtagRoundup

Spread

According to Keyhole,[2] over the following week, 703 tweets were shared with the hashtag, reaching over 1.3 million users (shown below).


703 426 POSTS USERS 1,369,407 2,847,317 REACH IMPRESSIONS Timeline 250 KEYHâ‘ LE 200 150 100 50 Apr 06 12 AM Apr 06 12 PM Apr 07 12 AM Apr 07 12 PM Apr 08 12 AM Apr 08 12 PM Apr 09 12 AM Apr 09 12 PM Apr 10 12 AM Apr 10

The most popular examples tended to be about major blockbuster films, such as Star Wars, Titanic and The Lion King (examples shown below). The hashtag was covered by The Daily Dot[3] on April 7th.


Marshall G @MarshallSbar + Follow It's not the destruction of Alderan that's important, we need to focus on who leaked the Death Star plans #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots GIF Omg!! I'm loving #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots tweets... ROFL.. Scar was NOT present at the stampede. Mufasa caused it and his recklessness got him killed. Period. GIF We never called it unsinkable. That was your word! #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots GIF

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#spicerspinsmovieplots Tom Hanks was not alone on that island. This was the largest crowd to ever witness a man being a cast away - period This 'kid' was radicalized by a dangerous cleric and blew up a military installation. We need a Jedi ban. #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots The 1988 Nakatomi Plaza Terrorist Attack would never have happened if it weren't for Obama's failed policies #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots GIF Rose clearly understood the Product Safety ratings of that door... That's why she lived, folks. Smarten up' #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots "NO, The Breakfast Club did NOT eat lunch. As you can CLEARLY see, this girl ate a Breakfast Sandwich #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots GIF You're all so negative... He wasn't blackmailing them! He just knew that they'd love what he was offering' #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots

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